Example sentences of "for [noun] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we give the basis of the complaint , however , it is very easy for employers to look down the list and find out which employee comes from Linlithgow , Greenock and Port Glasgow , Aberdeen , North or Banff and Buchan . |
| 2 | But ref Snoddy , with vast experience of World Cup and European football , insisted : ‘ It has never been the custom for referees to be paid their expenses in cash — or for clubs to hand over the money . ’ |
| 3 | Other recommendations include the need for policies to speed up the exploitation of renewable energy technologies ( such as wind , wave , solar and geothermal power ) which do not Produce carbon dioxide , the most important greenhouse gas . |
| 4 | Sharpe knew it was important for Dornberg to know where the Emperor was , for where Napoleon rode , that was the main French attack . |
| 5 | She felt an aching need for Fernando to soothe away the pain of desire from her loins . |
| 6 | Lord Morris said that just as it was for Parliament to lay down the procedures to be followed for the passing of legislation , so it was for Parliament to determine whether these procedures had been followed . |
| 7 | It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 8 | When Lord Morris stated ‘ It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 9 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 10 | For schools to exploit fully the potential of enhanced staffing after a century of working on the basis of n class teachers plus the head , they needed the imagination to conceive of alternatives ; a shift in attitudes away from the entrenched belief in the inviolability and supremacy of the traditional twin roles of head and class teacher ; and the will to enact such alternatives and live with the discomfort which the changing of professional roles inevitably generates . |
| 11 | A shift from a presidential system to that of a Prime Minister and Cabinet would make it easier for parties to divide up the rewards of victory between their various factions ( as illustrated by the Japanese model ) . |
| 12 | Benjamin 's ‘ party of knaves ’ had re-established themselves in the Tower waiting for spring to dry out the roads so they could travel north . |
| 13 | Waiting for Scott to pick up the telephone , Annabel could visualize the scene at the TV station . |
| 14 | For delegation to work well the task must be clearly defined . |
| 15 | Detectives are urgently appealing for help to track down the murderer of an elderly man found beaten to death in the pet shop where he worked . |
| 16 | Detectives are urgently appealing for help to track down the murderer of an elderly man found beaten to death in the pet shop where he worked . |
| 17 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 18 | We had to sit there watching it for days to keep away the dogs and chickens and stop the crows and vultures swooping down and snatching it away . ’ |
| 19 | Critics of Indian prisons have continued for years to point out the incongruity of attempting to run an avowedly ‘ correctional ’ prison system with structures , rules and physical conditions created for quite different purposes . |
| 20 | The guides were hot and thirsty , but as Miss Lodsworth went to the kitchen tap for water to fill up the jugs of concentrated lemon squash , only a trickle came out of the tap . |
| 21 | Sometimes we have emerged after a four hour session praying for revival to gulp down the night air with such joy and satisfaction as can only come when we know we have been with God . |
| 22 | For Robson to throw away the opportunity to experiment against Italy , the first of seven countries England will meet before the World Cup , is dangerously wasteful . |
| 23 | A hundred million pounds was advanced by the British government for tenants to buy out the farms they rented from the landlords . |
| 24 | A number of commissioned reports provided opportunities for consultants to bring together the disciplines of planning , architecture , and road engineering to suggest new forms of urban layout . |
| 25 | It took us about two minutes to get into the basement flat , about five minutes for Nicola to shake off the giggles and about another five for me to brief her as to what to say . |
| 26 | If one works in logarithms , the relationship between y and x becomes linear : Hence , it is quite simple for accountants to work out the learning rate for their industry/firm by converting observations of y and x to logarithms and regressing log x against log y . |
| 27 | At the time , there was quite a campaign starting to build , calling for Wimbledon to dig up the grass . |
| 28 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 29 | It was left for Garvey to explain how the village came to be deserted and why it no longer offered cosy prospects for a snug winter . |
| 30 | TGI Friday 's provides opportunities for people to progress up the career ladder and it is the individual characteristics , such as personality and drive , that could enable them to move from , for example , bartender to general manager over a period of time . |